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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
shock
I.noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a shock defeatBritish English (= very unexpected)
▪ Arsenal are now out of the competition, following their shock defeat by Torquay Town.
a state of shock/confusion/panic etc
▪ Howard, still in a state of shock, stared at Newman.
a stunned/shocked silence
▪ There was a stunned silence at the other end of the phone.
a surprised/shocked expression
▪ He didn’t need to speak – his shocked expression said it all.
anaphylactic shock
culture shock (=the confusion or shock that people sometimes feel in a very different country or place)
culture shock
▪ India is where I first experienced real culture shock.
electric shock therapy
electric shock
express surprise/shock
▪ ‘I don’t believe he could hurt anyone,’ she said, expressing her surprise.
gave us...a shock
▪ He gave us quite a shock.
nasty shock/surprise
▪ It gave me a nasty shock.
numb with shock/fear/terror etc
▪ I just sat there, numb with fear.
sent shock waves through
▪ The child’s murder sent shock waves through the neighborhood.
shaken/shocked/thrilled to the core
▪ When I heard the news, I was shaken to the core.
shell shock
shock a nation (=make everyone in a nation feel shocked)
▪ This terrible crime has shocked the whole nation.
shock absorber
shock and awe
shock jock
shock tactics (=in which you deliberately try to shock people)
▪ The charity resorted to shock tactics to try to bring its message home.
shock treatment
▪ the government’s shock therapy economic programme
shock troops
shock wave
▪ The shock wave from the blast blew out 22 windows in the courthouse.
shocking pink
toxic shock syndrome
visibly shaken/shocked/upset etc
▪ She was visibly shaken by the news.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
big
▪ An even bigger shock was in store when the organisers set to and began breaking out a peg for everyone.
▪ It was a big shock to me how men in the mills got physically used up.
▪ Although media attention remained fixed on events in London, they surely provided Mrs Thatcher's government with its biggest shock.
▪ The big shock to me was that basic steel, where we were strong, was only a third of the vote.
▪ That was a big shock to me.
▪ But probably the biggest shock, Leni thought, was the unexpected competitiveness of the top musicians in the West.
▪ The cat must have got a bigger shock.
▪ I looked in and had the biggest shock of my life.
electric
▪ The touch of her daughter's warm skin on her own was like an electric shock.
▪ The flick of the gold lighter kept on the coffee table was sharp as an electric shock in a room of steel.
▪ There would be no more surprise electric shocks for the next few days at least.
▪ A defibrillator can analyze the heart rhythm of a cardiac arrest victim and administer an electric shock.
▪ Men are more likely to be assessed on active behaviours like administration of electric shocks to an experimental confederate.
▪ You can, as a matter of course, help to protect yourself from electric shocks by using a circuit breaker.
▪ Her slim body shakes with electric shocks as paramedics try to restart her heart.
▪ In more than 40 countries victims were given electric shocks.
great
▪ I can not tell you my Dear Eliza how great a shock I sustained.
▪ But he had also been through the great oil shock of 1973.
▪ She's said to be in a great state of shock.
▪ If such non-locality seems puzzling, be prepared for much greater shocks to come. 1.
▪ That it may even have been strengthened by globalisation will have come as an even greater shock.
▪ He is deeply upset and disturbed, Mr Collingridge; it's come as a great shock.
▪ It was a great shock to me to see her.
▪ It was a great shock to open the paper and discover he was involved in whatever it was.
initial
▪ The initial shock is followed by grief.
▪ He went into cardiac arrest and was brought back to life immediately after the initial shock.
▪ He is shown, composed after the initial welcome shock, cutting his specially made cake.
▪ After the initial shock brought by his rather sudden decision had worn away Henry says, he felt mostly relief.
▪ There had been the natural initial shock of disbelief at hearing of the unexpected death of any person even casually known.
▪ After the initial shock, Daley felt cornered and harassed, and it soon showed in his reaction to questioning.
▪ Having overcome her initial shock, Polly asked Jack to sit down.
▪ Would he ever get over this initial shock period?
mild
▪ I was in something not unlike a mild state of shock.
▪ It came as a mild shock to realise that there was none.
▪ I suppose they could see I was in a mild state of shock.
▪ The news was good: minor cuts, nothing deep, anti-tetanus injections just in case, mild sedative for shock.
▪ The combination of water and electricity means instant death - not a mild shock - death.
▪ We were in a mild state of shock by the time we arrived at the bottom.
▪ Her voice was balanced precisely between reproof and mild shock.
▪ You're in a mild state of shock.
nasty
▪ Next April's council elections could prove a nasty shock.
▪ I'd have got a nasty shock otherwise.
▪ That nasty shock should emphasize the importance of low-fat simplicity in restaurant meals while dieting.
▪ Of course, the subject could be deceived and get a nasty shock.
▪ Otherwise you may get a nasty shock.
▪ They should get a nasty shock when they meet our eyes.
▪ A nasty shock, one might say.
numb
▪ Robyn sat staring into space, her mind numb with shock and disbelief, total agonising disbelief.
▪ I was dazed at first - numb with shock.
▪ The double blow left the 43-year-old Grease star numb with shock.
▪ But Highampton is still too numb with shock to voice any real rage.
severe
▪ She knew that the more quickly the reaction happened, the more severe the shock to his system.
▪ Explosions that occur at high enough altitudes will lay down severe shock and fire damage without the fireball ever contacting the ground.
▪ The first of these was accomplished with the discovery of a corn-drying oven but the second produced a severe shock.
▪ Since 1990, Bradley said two children besides Jessica have been admitted to the hospital with severe streptococcal toxic shock.
▪ At worst you would get a severe electric shock, which could prove fatal.
▪ This is a severe shock to your fish and certainly not a way to maintain equilibrium.
▪ The farmer, who is not being identified for his own protection, escaped with minor facial injuries and severe shock.
▪ Occasionally, severe shocks will rock the system and urgent action will be needed.
sudden
▪ One way it can start is through a childhood trauma - a sudden unpleasant shock involving a cat or a kitten.
▪ The model is used to forecast economic growth and to estimate the potential effects of sudden shocks like a stock crash.
▪ She smiles at me and I feel a sudden shock, a tremor of fear.
▪ Huy looked at the over-long face, the ridiculous beard, and realised with a sudden shock that the man was scared.
▪ The sudden shock and noise of whirring wings broke the stillness and left our pulses racing.
▪ He felt her sudden shock of fear and for a moment, almost involuntarily, his hands strengthened on her shoulders.
▪ Old lady, thought Winnie, with sudden shock!
▪ Churchill's best effects are achieved through the sudden injection of shock words which set off seismic disturbances.
terrible
▪ Being told I had cancer was a terrible shock.
▪ It gave us all a terrible shock.
▪ This will be a terrible shock to her.
▪ I had a terrible shock when you opened your eyes and looked so steadily at me.
▪ He looked at the chair by the fireside and got a terrible shock.
▪ I hadn't seen them carry her in from the car so it was a terrible shock for me.
▪ Losing your aunt like that must have been a terrible shock.
toxic
▪ We report a fatal case of toxic shock syndrome in a 14 year old girl associated with minor day case dermatological surgery.
▪ Unlike necrotizing fasciitis, the toxic shock caused by strep infection was virtually unheard of 10 years ago.
▪ In 1990, streptococcal toxic shock nearly killed Jessica Esquivel, then 6, of Imperial Beach.
▪ In every mouthful a toxic shock.
▪ Since 1990, Bradley said two children besides Jessica have been admitted to the hospital with severe streptococcal toxic shock.
▪ Twenty four hours after admission toxic shock syndrome was finally diagnosed.
▪ If this is the case then the mystery which originally shrouded toxic shock syndrome has been solved.
■ NOUN
absorber
▪ Brundle's trouble had been caused by a split exhaust pipe which overheated a shock absorber.
▪ In time I began to think of myself as a shock absorber.
▪ It adjusts itself to road conditions, switching each shock absorber from firm to soft in just 150 milliseconds.
absorbers
▪ The optical paths are evacuated and the suspension systems are insulated against mechanical vibration by shock absorbers.
▪ If the answer is yes, it might be time for some shock absorbers.
▪ This, in turn, is supported by two Shockguard shock absorbers.
▪ Main feature is a new pendulum single coil suspension system with shock absorbers.
▪ The legs act rather like shock absorbers. 5.
▪ Even second hand springs and shock absorbers are at a premium.
▪ The discs between the vertebrae are rather like leathery cushions, acting as shock absorbers.
▪ With the stability pact in place, the number of shock absorbers is diminishing.
culture
▪ They came to places like Southend, Thurrock and Basildon, and found it a bit of a culture shock.
▪ Not all returnees have fared well: Culture shock or loneliness has prompted a few to move back to Sakhalin.
▪ Because of the language barrier and culture shock, such insights are far too rare.
▪ Their children, however, were born into such a state of culture shock that they were afraid to budge.
▪ Meadowlark-his first name is used just once-finds himself at the sharp end of all of the culture shock.
▪ He has so many antidotes for culture shock.
▪ Even my Mississippi spouse was in culture shock for years.
▪ I thought Texas would be too much of a culture shock for Annie.
oil
▪ Even during the oil shock of the mid-1970s, world output continued to expand by almost 2 % a year.
▪ But he had also been through the great oil shock of 1973.
▪ After the first oil shock in 1973, demand for steel began to fall in the industrial countries.
▪ As for energy saving, the study points out that the oil shocks of 1973 and 1979 cut consumption by only 12 percent.
▪ And in addition many of the conservation measures adopted following the first oil shock began to come to fruition.
▪ Firms' financing needs are greater than at any time since the 1974 oil shock.
syndrome
▪ We report a fatal case of toxic shock syndrome in a 14 year old girl associated with minor day case dermatological surgery.
▪ Toxic shock syndrome is now extremely rare since the removal of high-absorbency tampons from the market.
▪ Twenty four hours after admission toxic shock syndrome was finally diagnosed.
▪ If this is the case then the mystery which originally shrouded toxic shock syndrome has been solved.
▪ There are several candidates for the toxin that might cause toxic shock syndrome.
tactic
▪ Some of them think of it as shock tactics.
▪ The 1955 original was a triumph of atmosphere, character, diabolical wit and outright scare-you-silly shock tactics.
▪ That's easy; shock tactics.
▪ Time and again he has used persuasion - and on occasion shock tactics - to try to prevent young girls having abortions.
▪ The application of shock tactics to bend the will of the unwilling.
therapy
▪ In a moral and institutional vacuum, any strategy constitutes a shock therapy.
▪ All this is important because of the argument that shock therapy has been a mistake.
▪ Had shock therapy been applied and not led to the results expected, then it would indeed have been a failure.
▪ Everton, for their part, have decided that shock therapy may be the answer.
treatment
▪ I thought to myself it is shock treatments.
▪ And she has received shock treatment before.
value
▪ Anything that is done for shock value has no future because it's done for the moment.
▪ And I think it actually has more shock value than the first one.
▪ This version by Northern Stage rather downplays the shock value of that final betrayal, which is certainly a flaw.
▪ The Pistols' strength lay not in their future potential but in their immediate shock value.
▪ And my point is, this rhetorical strategy is effective because of its shock value.
▪ They look wild and witty but are only worn at shows for shock value by Gruppa Iren, her small company.
▪ One day, perhaps, consciousness will have shifted and generic she will lose its shock value.
wave
▪ Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy for multiple stones is the most expensive and least effective option.
▪ But then neither will the violent shock waves that occasionally thunder up the stairwell.
▪ But now, as shock waves surged through him, he realized that his liking had at least become fondness.
▪ How do we prepare for the next shock wave?
▪ The higher entry speed experienced by a ship returning from the Moon would generate a shock wave in the atmosphere.
▪ A shock wave raced across the city and its waterways, knocking sailboats flat in the water.
▪ Lasting success of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy for biliary stones will depend on advances in secondary prevention.
▪ Nuclear explosions produce shock waves which can inject oxides of nitrogen into the stratosphere.
■ VERB
absorb
▪ The racket also absorbs shock on impact by way of its Tri-Level Shock Suppression System.
▪ Riders must be in excellent physical and mental condition to absorb the shock of bouncing over the water.
▪ It was impossible for any society to absorb without hardship a shock like that of the massive loss of trade to Gdynia.
▪ While the council absorbed this shock, the 1990 recession hit-knocking revenues down another $ 1. 5 million a year.
▪ An immigrant labour force would always be needed as a buffer to absorb the shocks of alternating booms and recessions.
▪ The problems came in absorbing the shock.
▪ Indeed, permanently fixed exchange rates could be positively harmful since changing parities can act as a buffer to absorb economic shocks.
▪ He was under sedation, Sister Cooney informed Rim, and was best left alone until he had absorbed the shock.
cause
▪ Other fears may be caused by unpleasant shock or injury.
▪ There are several candidates for the toxin that might cause toxic shock syndrome.
come
▪ Although not unexpected, his death had still come as a shock.
▪ But that I am a girl comes as a shock.
▪ It came as a mild shock to realise that there was none.
▪ The problems came in absorbing the shock.
▪ Then had come the shock of seeing a face peering out at him from the attic window.
▪ After the dim, woody light of the bars, the unforgiving fluorescence of Umeda Station comes as a shock.
▪ The realization came as a shock and she pressed her clenched fist to her heart as if to pacify it.
▪ I guess the emotion came later-a delayed shock or something.
die
▪ You could say that she died of ... moral shock.
▪ An old hunter, Lyuburman, died of shock.
▪ Cyclosporin treatment was stopped but the patient continued to deteriorate and died from sepsis and shock in spite of antibiotic treatment.
▪ Then as they sipped their coffee, Griffin gently took her hand under the table and Judy almost died of shock.
▪ A postmortem revealed she had died from shock.
▪ Mostly they died of shock, particularly the younger ones, so it was a bonus when one recovered.
▪ One of them had leaked and he died of toxic shock.
discover
▪ It was an unpleasant shock to discover Bentley Drummle there, but I could imagine his reason for visiting the area.
▪ It came as a shock to discover, when she stepped outside, that it was dark.
▪ It was a very great shock to me to discover that I had motor neurone disease.
▪ It was a shock to discover that Peter was so different from the way she had imagined.
▪ After the initial shock of discovering their daughter is pregnant, parents have to come to terms with this.
express
▪ The report says that most respondents expressed shock and dismay over racist incidents on campus.
▪ The Gypsy expressed shock that I could tell such a fib, especially in this sacred place.
feel
▪ She also felt shock that he should actually be capable of such an utterly cynical act.
▪ I only felt the shock, and a guilty sense of relief.
▪ I felt the shock of the old, of the Mummy smell, the atomised odour of atavism.
▪ I felt a shock charge through my hand and could not loosen my grip.
▪ Mrs Rumney herself let me in and I felt a shock of surprise at my first sight of her.
▪ I have felt the same shock and outrage since I lived in the Lakeside area and watched the butchery of those trees.
▪ But each time she glanced at him she felt a shock.
▪ Suddenly I felt a shock go through his body.
get
▪ Once they had got over the first shock, neither Bridget nor Tracey seemed able to take her story entirely seriously.
▪ She also got quite a shock when she saw his face as he turned to look at her on film.
▪ After getting over the shock of the survey results, he had taken the time to discuss his feedback with his subordinates.
▪ I got such a shock that I toppled over sideways, ending up chest deep in freezing water.
▪ She was not even near to getting over the shock of the sudden loss.
▪ So when he followed up by pointing us towards the touchline, I got the shock of my life.
▪ I'd have got a nasty shock otherwise.
give
▪ Almost disinterestedly, she turned the paper over, and gave a gasp of shock, her heart missing a beat.
▪ Having led his political movement to power, Netanyahu gave it two shocks that already have begun to tear it in half.
▪ It was labelled as being able to give shocks of up to 450 volts.
▪ It gave him a shock in his fragile state.
▪ The painting on the flat inner bowl of the kylix gave me a shock.
▪ It gave her a shock to see Nicholas there, although she had known it was likely.
▪ You just gave me a shock.
▪ You gave me such a shock, Antoinette cried out: come out of there this minute do you hear?
realize
▪ This is partly because - as he realizes with a shock - he is remarkably well dressed.
▪ As an entrepreneur, you realize with a shock that it is not just your business-it is your life.
▪ I realized with a shock that this was the first time I had been really unhappy since I had been taken prisoner.
▪ I realized with a shock the same thing could be said of me now and I've got no hormones.
receive
▪ He jerked his hand back as if it had received an electric shock: a cheek nerve had quivered.
▪ We only clutch our rifles more firmly and brace ourselves to receive the shock....
▪ Just before they reached the track leading to Yatton Farm, however, they received a shock.
▪ And she has received shock treatment before.
▪ At Cosford I received a sobering shock, being beaten by Lincoln Asquith in the 60 metres.
▪ Expecting some mundane vandalism, I received a shock.
▪ A man who receives an electric shock does not ask himself whether he believes in the form of energy known as electricity.
▪ Sarah, now a 17-year-old senior at Granby High School, received the shock of her life.
recover
▪ I had not yet recovered from the simple shock of finding that many of them talked and behaved exactly like us.
▪ Madame Héloise seemed to have recovered from her shock and the accident, and be back in fighting form again.
▪ When I recovered from the shock, the sight I witnessed was appalling.
▪ Bardot was still recovering from shock after narrowly missing being shot earlier this year by hunters killing her pets.
▪ She was profoundly upset and had never really recovered from the shock.
▪ The gesture helped Jean-Pierre recover from the shock of seeing Jane.
▪ She was still recovering from the shock of that earlier bout of jealousy.
send
▪ Or, still more tempting, to send an electric shock interactively to senders of the more offensive messages?
▪ The introduction of the Food Safety Act has sent shock waves through the industry.
suffer
▪ At the font, there is little suffering, except the shock of the water for babies.
▪ She was, however, suffering badly from shock.
▪ At least 49 people were reported to have been hurt or were suffering from shock.
▪ His pillion passenger is in hospital suffering from shock.
▪ She suffered some shock as well as some gastro-enteritis.
▪ The driver was taken to hospital suffering from shock.
▪ Now I think we're mainly suffering from shock.
▪ But an ambulance spokesman said the man was not seriously hurt, although he suffered shock.
treat
▪ It took half a mile to come to a halt after the crash and the driver was treated for shock.
▪ In the name of Freudian nurture theories, gays were once treated with aversion therapy-electric shocks and emetics accompanied by homoerotic images.
▪ The police officer who saw the shooting is being treated for shock.
▪ They were treated for shock, but were said to be only slightly injured.
▪ No shots were fired but Mrs Walker was treated for shock.
▪ All were treated in hospital for shock.
▪ The driver of the lorry was treated in hospital for shock.
▪ She has only recently returned to full duties, and was treated for shock and minor cuts.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
rude awakening/shock
▪ But shopping for food in Miyako brought a rude shock.
▪ But, come the morning, Ronni was in for a rude awakening.
▪ Conservative elements steeped in uniformitarian philosophy cannot be expected to welcome such a rude awakening.
▪ Renters who move into a vacated apartment face the rude awakening of the market rate an owner is permitted to charge.
▪ The case has gone against the Pings, but it was a rude shock in a world of gentlemen.
▪ The only good thing about his rude awakening was the discovery of a gigantic hedgehog behind one of the goalposts.
▪ This rude awakening was, however, still a few years away at the time when Dustin joined.
shock waves
shock/curiosity/novelty etc value
▪ And I think it actually has more shock value than the first one.
▪ Anything that is done for shock value has no future because it's done for the moment.
▪ Apart from the novelty value of this, there is the advantage of speed of execution.
▪ The company opened a string of themed stores that have lost their novelty value.
▪ They have a certain curiosity value, I suppose, but no merit otherwise.
▪ This improvement in health could possibly be attributed to the novelty value of having a new puppy or kitten in the house.
▪ This version by Northern Stage rather downplays the shock value of that final betrayal, which is certainly a flaw.
something of a shock/surprise etc
▪ At the time it came as something of a shock.
▪ But perhaps in a way that will be something of a surprise.
▪ It must have been something of a shock to her system.
▪ It was something of a shock to him to realize how fond of the little boy he had become.
▪ Some of their views came as something of a surprise.
▪ Suddenly she has time to think of herself, and this may be something of a shock.
▪ That she was shocked came as something of a shock to me, too.
▪ The feel of his strong fingers enclosing her small palm came as something of a shock to her system.
stupid with cold/sleep/shock etc
the shock/surprise/game etc of sb's life
▪ And so that would be the surprise of her life.
▪ But on Sunday Collins played the game of his life in destroying the fancied Vikings.
▪ Goalie Garth Snow played the game of his life to save Philly.
▪ He had arrived before the others, and got the shock of his life when he saw Nails.
▪ He said he was the security guard, but he had the shock of his life when he saw me.
▪ She is having the game of her life.
▪ So when he followed up by pointing us towards the touchline, I got the shock of my life.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ "The bill came to £500." "That must have been a shock."
▪ Fellow students expressed shock and dismay over the racist incidents.
▪ Gary got a shock when his ex-girlfriend turned up on his doorstep.
▪ Going on holiday with Ian had been a rude shock -- he'd been argumentative, mean and not at all what she'd expected.
▪ He realised with a faint shock that it was Lulu, much older but still beautiful.
▪ If the FBI thought they could outwit him, they were in for a shock.
▪ It gave me a shock to realize that I had almost died.
▪ It gave me a shock when I realized how close I had come to being killed.
▪ It was a big shock when Connie said she was leaving her husband.
▪ Several passengers were taken to the hospital to be treated for shock.
▪ The shock of the explosion could be felt miles away.
▪ We got a terrible shock when the police rang to say that they had arrested our daughter.
▪ We listened to the announcer with shock and disbelief -- another bomb had exploded in the city.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ It was a big shock to me how men in the mills got physically used up.
▪ It was impossible for any society to absorb without hardship a shock like that of the massive loss of trade to Gdynia.
▪ Peterborough weathered the storm and could have taken a shock lead after 31 minutes.
▪ She realised that the pain and shock of that loss had never truly healed.
▪ The teacher was then taken into another room and shown an apparatus which could deliver electric shocks to the learner.
▪ Their children, however, were born into such a state of culture shock that they were afraid to budge.
▪ Within several months of landing, the daily shock of frigid cold and oven heat will crack the brain chips into uselessness.
II.verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
deeply
▪ Management at the hostel say they're deeply shocked by his murder.
▪ Richard Baxter was deeply shocked by this tragedy and also by the general prejudice aroused against him by this incident.
▪ The Cyrenians said today they were still deeply shocked by the incident.
▪ Union representative Peter Garner-Gray said last night that scientists at the complex were deeply shocked by the move.
▪ Staff and pupils at Ballykelly Primary School have been deeply shocked by the news of Kieran's death.
▪ The whole staff are deeply shocked by what's happened.
most
▪ Most shocking to many commentators was the high youth vote for the extreme nationalists.
▪ In the end, that was what was most shocking.
▪ Most shocking was the charge that Morris had allowed her to eavesdrop on conversations with the White House.
really
▪ Then she does summat that really shocks me.
▪ But even more than that, I was really shocked at your reply.
▪ I was really shocked when I saw that.
▪ It really shocked me that an average meal cost $ 1. 50 and that waiters expected to be tipped.
▪ What would be really shocking, surely, would be the revelation that lesbians don't kiss.
▪ Really shock the hell out of her.
▪ He told me years later that he had been in a state of numbness for so long that nothing really shocked him.
so
▪ He was so shocked he didn't mind for once.
▪ So shocked, 1 had to lean against the walkway railing.
▪ The man was so shocked by what happened that he told Pat all about it.
▪ One pupil told her grandmother, who was so shocked she had to be calmed down by her son and daughter-in-law.
▪ He was so shocked that he stopped selling bikes to learners who had no prior training.
▪ But he was so shocked by the experience in Preston, Lancs, he forgot to take the car number.
▪ It was sufficient that the victim was so shocked by the accused's presence that the victim suffered a stroke.
still
▪ Though the dissolve has become part of film punctuation it can still shock or seduce the viewer.
▪ It still shocks you to see them - that's where they put the people to work.
▪ While what they've done here is nothing unusual for them, it still shocks the ear.
too
▪ Her first incarnation on EastEnders was too shocking, though.
▪ I was too shocked to be flattered.
▪ She couldn't; she was too shocked.
■ NOUN
core
▪ The politician was shocked to the core.
▪ At the time it shocked me to the core.
▪ Most of the Sisters were shocked to the core by her blunt speech and colourful curses.
nation
▪ The announcement shocked the nation, and many people hoped the murderers would be brought to justice.
▪ Today, contributions of the size that shocked the nation in Watergate can legally be made.
news
▪ Voice over Meanwhile villagers say they're shocked by the news the nuns are to go.
▪ Perhaps the most shocking news was that children got hit the hardest in this downward spiral.
▪ Her former tutor at St Hugh's is shocked by the news that she's now on hunger strike.
▪ They are probably shocked by the news, and are not in a position to make a rational decision.
▪ Staff and pupils at Ballykelly Primary School have been deeply shocked by the news of Kieran's death.
world
▪ Mariner 4 shocked the world with its images of Mars.
▪ And the crime that shocked the world.
▪ She shocked the world with a short-lived marriage to Frank Sinatra, 30 years her senior.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
chilled/frozen/shocked etc to the marrow
▪ Soaked to the skin and chilled to the marrow of her bones, she shivered uncontrollably.
▪ The thought made him flush hot with embarrassment even though chilled to the marrow.
▪ Though chilled to the marrow, Karelius was otherwise not in too bad shape.
rude awakening/shock
▪ But shopping for food in Miyako brought a rude shock.
▪ But, come the morning, Ronni was in for a rude awakening.
▪ Conservative elements steeped in uniformitarian philosophy cannot be expected to welcome such a rude awakening.
▪ Renters who move into a vacated apartment face the rude awakening of the market rate an owner is permitted to charge.
▪ The case has gone against the Pings, but it was a rude shock in a world of gentlemen.
▪ The only good thing about his rude awakening was the discovery of a gigantic hedgehog behind one of the goalposts.
▪ This rude awakening was, however, still a few years away at the time when Dustin joined.
shock waves
shock/curiosity/novelty etc value
▪ And I think it actually has more shock value than the first one.
▪ Anything that is done for shock value has no future because it's done for the moment.
▪ Apart from the novelty value of this, there is the advantage of speed of execution.
▪ The company opened a string of themed stores that have lost their novelty value.
▪ They have a certain curiosity value, I suppose, but no merit otherwise.
▪ This improvement in health could possibly be attributed to the novelty value of having a new puppy or kitten in the house.
▪ This version by Northern Stage rather downplays the shock value of that final betrayal, which is certainly a flaw.
something of a shock/surprise etc
▪ At the time it came as something of a shock.
▪ But perhaps in a way that will be something of a surprise.
▪ It must have been something of a shock to her system.
▪ It was something of a shock to him to realize how fond of the little boy he had become.
▪ Some of their views came as something of a surprise.
▪ Suddenly she has time to think of herself, and this may be something of a shock.
▪ That she was shocked came as something of a shock to me, too.
▪ The feel of his strong fingers enclosing her small palm came as something of a shock to her system.
stupid with cold/sleep/shock etc
the shock/surprise/game etc of sb's life
▪ And so that would be the surprise of her life.
▪ But on Sunday Collins played the game of his life in destroying the fancied Vikings.
▪ Goalie Garth Snow played the game of his life to save Philly.
▪ He had arrived before the others, and got the shock of his life when he saw Nails.
▪ He said he was the security guard, but he had the shock of his life when he saw me.
▪ She is having the game of her life.
▪ So when he followed up by pointing us towards the touchline, I got the shock of my life.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ I just felt I had to shock her into taking some action.
▪ It shocked us to see how ill she looked.
▪ Many readers were shocked by the number of obscenities in the article.
▪ My father was shocked into silence.
▪ Obviously, her suicide shocked the whole school.
▪ What really shocked me was that no-one seemed to care about all the beggars.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ All this may not shock you senseless.
▪ Apparently literature of this kind does not shock the officials of the Ministry of Information who are charged with censoring dangerous works.
▪ Gorbachev looked shocked by my familiarity, then burst into laughter.
▪ He also hurled other shocking words at the First Lady.
▪ The change in the man was shocking.
▪ The decision to drop the hit that has won 26 Emmy awards has shocked viewers.
▪ The students were shocked that such a simple home could hide the people from the rain.
▪ You might be shocked to realize how much you spend in certain areas.
III.adjective
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
chilled/frozen/shocked etc to the marrow
▪ Soaked to the skin and chilled to the marrow of her bones, she shivered uncontrollably.
▪ The thought made him flush hot with embarrassment even though chilled to the marrow.
▪ Though chilled to the marrow, Karelius was otherwise not in too bad shape.
shock waves
shock/curiosity/novelty etc value
▪ And I think it actually has more shock value than the first one.
▪ Anything that is done for shock value has no future because it's done for the moment.
▪ Apart from the novelty value of this, there is the advantage of speed of execution.
▪ The company opened a string of themed stores that have lost their novelty value.
▪ They have a certain curiosity value, I suppose, but no merit otherwise.
▪ This improvement in health could possibly be attributed to the novelty value of having a new puppy or kitten in the house.
▪ This version by Northern Stage rather downplays the shock value of that final betrayal, which is certainly a flaw.
something of a shock/surprise etc
▪ At the time it came as something of a shock.
▪ But perhaps in a way that will be something of a surprise.
▪ It must have been something of a shock to her system.
▪ It was something of a shock to him to realize how fond of the little boy he had become.
▪ Some of their views came as something of a surprise.
▪ Suddenly she has time to think of herself, and this may be something of a shock.
▪ That she was shocked came as something of a shock to me, too.
▪ The feel of his strong fingers enclosing her small palm came as something of a shock to her system.
the shock/surprise/game etc of sb's life
▪ And so that would be the surprise of her life.
▪ But on Sunday Collins played the game of his life in destroying the fancied Vikings.
▪ Goalie Garth Snow played the game of his life to save Philly.
▪ He had arrived before the others, and got the shock of his life when he saw Nails.
▪ He said he was the security guard, but he had the shock of his life when he saw me.
▪ She is having the game of her life.
▪ So when he followed up by pointing us towards the touchline, I got the shock of my life.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Liverpool suffered a shock defeat at Halifax last night, beaten by five goals to nil.
▪ The chairman made a shock announcement that 500 employees would lose their jobs.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Bucharest's political scientists are quick to argue that the shock poll result did not mean a majority wanted the dictator back.
▪ Then came Costin's shock confession after he had been named in the Raiders' side to play the following weekend.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Shock

Shock \Shock\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shocked; p. pr. & vb. n. Shocking.] [OE. schokken; cf. D. schokken, F. choquer, Sp. chocar. [root]16

  1. Cf. Chuck to strike, Jog, Shake, Shock a striking, Shog, n. & v.] 1. To give a shock to; to cause to shake or waver; hence, to strike against suddenly; to encounter with violence.

    Come the three corners of the world in arms, And we shall shock them.
    --Shak.

    I shall never forget the force with which he shocked De Vipont.
    --Sir W. Scott.

  2. To strike with surprise, terror, horror, or disgust; to cause to recoil; as, his violence shocked his associates.

    Advise him not to shock a father's will.
    --Dryden.

  3. (Physiol.) To subject to the action of an electrical discharge so as to cause a more or less violent depression or commotion of the nervous system.

Shock

Shock \Shock\, v. t. To collect, or make up, into a shock or shocks; to stook; as, to shock rye.

Shock

Shock \Shock\, v. i. To be occupied with making shocks.

Reap well, scatter not, gather clean that is shorn, Bind fast, shock apace.
--Tusser.

Shock

Shock \Shock\, n. [Cf. D. schok a bounce, jolt, or leap, OHG. scoc a swing, MHG. schoc, Icel. skykkjun tremuously, F. choc a shock, collision, a dashing or striking against, Sp. choque, It. ciocco a log. [root]16

  1. Cf. Shock to shake.] 1. A quivering or shaking which is the effect of a blow, collision, or violent impulse; a blow, impact, or collision; a concussion; a sudden violent impulse or onset.

    These strong, unshaken mounds resist the shocks Of tides and seas tempestuous.
    --Blackmore.

    He stood the shock of a whole host of foes.
    --Addison.

  2. A sudden agitation of the mind or feelings; a sensation of pleasure or pain caused by something unexpected or overpowering; also, a sudden agitating or overpowering event. ``A shock of pleasure.''
    --Talfourd.

  3. (Med.) A sudden depression of the vital forces of the entire body, or of a port of it, marking some profound impression produced upon the nervous system, as by severe injury, overpowering emotion, or the like.

  4. (Elec.) The sudden convulsion or contraction of the muscles, with the feeling of a concussion, caused by the discharge, through the animal system, of electricity from a charged body.

    Syn: Concussion, Shock.

    Usage: Both words signify a sudden violent shaking caused by impact or colision; but concussion is restricted in use to matter, while shock is used also of mental states.

Shock

Shock \Shock\, n. [OE. schokke; cf. OD schocke, G. schock a heap, quantity, threescore, MHG. schoc, Sw. skok, and also G. hocke a heap of hay, Lith. kugis.]

  1. A pile or assemblage of sheaves of grain, as wheat, rye, or the like, set up in a field, the sheaves varying in number from twelve to sixteen; a stook.

    And cause it on shocks to be by and by set.
    --Tusser.

    Behind the master walks, builds up the shocks.
    --Thomson.

  2. [G. schock.] (Com.) A lot consisting of sixty pieces; -- a term applied in some Baltic ports to loose goods.

Shock

Shock \Shock\, v. i. To meet with a shock; to meet in violent encounter. ``They saw the moment approach when the two parties would shock together.''
--De Quincey.

Shock

Shock \Shock\, n. [Cf. Shag.]

  1. (Zo["o]l.) A dog with long hair or shag; -- called also shockdog.

  2. A thick mass of bushy hair; as, a head covered with a shock of sandy hair.

Shock

Shock \Shock\, a. Bushy; shaggy; as, a shock hair.

His red shock peruke . . . was laid aside.
--Sir W. Scott.

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
shock

"bundle of grain," early 14c., from Middle Low German schok "shock of corn," originally "group of sixty," from Proto-Germanic *skukka- (cognates: Old Saxon skok, Dutch schok "sixty pieces; shock of corn;" German schock "sixty," Hocke "heap of sheaves"). In 16c.-17c. English the word sometimes meant "60-piece lot," from trade with the Dutch.

shock

"thick mass of hair," 1819, from earlier shock (adj.) "having thick hair" (1680s), and a noun sense of "lap dog having long, shaggy hair" (1630s), from shough (1590s), the name for this type of dog, which was said to have been brought originally from Iceland; the word is perhaps from the source of shock (n.2), or from an Old Norse variant of shag (n.). Shock-headed Peter was used in 19c. translations for German Struwwelpeter.

shock

"to come into violent contact, strike against suddenly and violently," 1570s, now archaic or obsolete, from shock (n.1). Meaning "to give (something) an electric shock" is from 1746; sense of "to offend, displease" is first recorded 1690s.

shock

"arrange (grain) in a shock," mid-15c., from shock (n.2). Related: Shocked; shocking.

shock

1560s, "violent encounter of armed forces or a pair of warriors," a military term, from Middle French choc "violent attack," from Old French choquer "strike against," probably from Frankish, from a Proto-Germanic imitative base (compare Middle Dutch schokken "to push, jolt," Old High German scoc "jolt, swing").\n

\nMeaning "a sudden blow" is from 1610s; meaning "a sudden and disturbing impression on the mind" is from 1705. Sense of "feeling of being (mentally) shocked" is from 1876. Medical sense is attested from 1804 (it also once meant "seizure, stroke," 1794). Shock-absorber is attested from 1906 (short form shocks attested by 1961); shock wave is from 1907. Shock troops (1917) translates German stoßtruppen and preserves the word's original military sense. Shock therapy is from 1917; shock treatment from 1938.

Wiktionary
shock

Etymology 1 n. 1 Sudden, heavy impact. 2 # (context figuratively English) Something so surprising that it is stunning. 3 # electric shock, a sudden burst of electric energy, hitting an animate animal such as a human. 4 # circulatory shock, a life-threatening medical emergency characterized by the inability of the circulatory system to supply enough oxygen to meet tissue requirements. 5 # A sudden or violent mental or emotional disturbance 6 (context mathematics English) A discontinuity arising in the solution of a partial differential equation. vb. 1 To cause to be emotionally shocked. 2 To give an electric shock. 3 (context obsolete intransitive English) To meet with a shock; to meet in violent encounter. Etymology 2

n. 1 An arrangement of sheaves for drying, a stook. 2 (context commerce dated English) A lot consisting of sixty pieces; a term applied in some Baltic ports to loose goods. 3 (context by extension English) A tuft or bunch of something (e.g. hair, grass) 4 (context obsolete by comparison English) A small dog with long shaggy hair, especially a poodle or spitz; a shaggy lapdog. vb. To collect, or make up, into a shock or shocks; to stook.

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WordNet
shock

  1. n. the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally; "his mother's deathleft him in a daze"; "he was numb with shock" [syn: daze, stupor]

  2. the violent interaction of individuals or groups entering into combat; "the armies met in the shock of battle" [syn: impact]

  3. a reflex response to the passage of electric current through the body; "subjects received a small electric shock when they mae the wrong response"; "electricians get accustomed to occasional shocks" [syn: electric shock, electrical shock]

  4. (pathology) bodily collapse or near collapse caused by inadequate oxygen delivery to the cells; characterized by reduced cardiac output and rapid heartbeat and circulatory insufficiency and pallor; "loss of blood is an important cause of shock"

  5. an instance of agitation of the earth's crust; "the first shock of the earthquake came shortly after noon while workers were at lunch" [syn: seismic disturbance]

  6. an unpleasant or disappointing surprise; "it came as a shock to learn that he was injured" [syn: blow]

  7. a pile of sheaves of grain set on end in a field to dry; stalks of Indian corn set up in a field; "corn is bound in small sheeves and several sheeves are set up together in shocks"; "whole fields of wheat in shock"

  8. a bushy thick mass (especially hair); "he had an unruly shock of black hair"

  9. a mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses; "the old car needed a new set of shocks" [syn: shock absorber, cushion]

shock

  1. v. surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off; "I was floored when I heard that I was promoted" [syn: stun, floor, ball over, blow out of the water, take aback]

  2. strike with disgust or revulsion; "The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends" [syn: offend, scandalize, scandalise, appal, appall, outrage]

  3. strike with horror or terror; "The news of the bombing shocked her"

  4. collide violently

  5. collect or gather into shocks; "shock grain"

  6. subject to electrical shocks

  7. inflict a trauma upon [syn: traumatize, traumatise]

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Wikipedia
Shock (economics)

In economics, a shock is an unexpected or unpredictable event that affects an economy, either positively or negatively. Technically, it refers to an unpredictable change in exogenous factors — that is, factors unexplained by economics — which may influence endogenous economic variables.

The response of economic variables, like output and employment, at the time of the shock and at subsequent times, is measured by an impulse response function.

Shock (circulatory)

Circulatory shock, commonly known as shock, is a life-threatening medical condition of low blood perfusion to tissues resulting in cellular injury and inadequate tissue function. The typical signs of shock are low blood pressure, rapid heart rate, signs of poor end-organ perfusion (i.e.: low urine output, confusion, or loss of consciousness), and weak pulses.

The shock index (SI), defined as heart rate divided by systolic blood pressure, is an accurate diagnostic measure that is more useful than hypotension and tachycardia in isolation. Under normal conditions, a number between 0.5 and 0.8 is typically seen. Should that number increase, so does suspicion of an underlying state of shock. Blood pressure alone may not be a reliable sign for shock, as there are times when a person is in circulatory shock but has a stable blood pressure.

Circulatory shock is not related to the emotional state of shock. Circulatory shock is a life-threatening medical emergency and one of the most common causes of death for critically ill people. Shock can have a variety of effects, all with similar outcomes, but all relate to a problem with the body's circulatory system. For example, shock may lead to hypoxemia (a lack of oxygen in arterial blood) or cardiac and/or respiratory arrest.

One of the key dangers of shock is that it progresses by a positive feedback mechanism. Poor blood supply leads to cellular damage, which results in an inflammatory response to increase blood flow to the affected area. This is normally very useful to match up supply with tissue demand for nutrients. However, if enough tissue causes this, it will deprive vital nutrients from other parts of the body. Additionally, the ability of the circulatory system to meet this increase in demand causes saturation. A major result of which is that other parts of the body begin to respond in a similar way, thus exacerbating the problem. Due to these chain of events, immediate treatment of shock is critical to survival.

Shock (1946 film)

Shock is a 1946 American film noir directed by Alfred L. Werker.

Shock

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Shock (novel)

Shock is a novel written by Robin Cook in 2001. It's a medical science fiction woven around a fertility clinic that uses unethical means to get rich.

Shock (2006 film)

Shock is a 2006 Telugu film directed by Harish Shankar. The film stars Ravi Teja and Jyothika. It was produced by Ram Gopal Varma. It was released on 9 February 2006. The movie is dubbed in Hindi as "Kick Returns" .

Shock (2004 film)

Shock is a 2004 Tamil language supernatural thriller film directed and produced by Thiagarajan. The film features his son Prashanth in a leading role alongside Meena and Abbas, while Suhasini, Kalairani and Sarath Babu amongst others play supporting roles. The music is by Salim-Sulaiman. The film was a remake of Ram Gopal Varma's Hindi film, Bhoot (2003), and was released in 23 July 2004 to a positive response from critics.

Shock (mechanics)

A mechanical or physical shock is a sudden acceleration caused, for example, by impact, drop, kick, earthquake, or explosion. Shock is a transient physical excitation.

Shock describes matter subject to extreme rates of force with respect to time. Shock is a vector that has units of an acceleration (rate of change of velocity). The unit g (or g) represents multiples of the acceleration of gravity and is conventionally used.

A shock pulse can be characterised by its peak acceleration, the duration, and the shape of the shock pulse (half sine, triangular, trapezoidal, etc.). The Shock response spectrum is a method for further evaluating a mechanical shock.

Shock (musical)

Shock (stylized as SHOCK) is a Japanese musical series. The producer of the show is Johnny Kitagawa, head of the talent agency Johnny & Associates. In charge of the production is Koichi Domoto, a member of the Japanese duo KinKi Kids. Starting out in 2000, Shock has been performed annually. As of March 2009, it has been on stage for ten years in a row. Due to the enormous success, in 2010 the number of shows was stocked up. On August 1, 2010, Kitagawa announced that there are plans to bring Shock to the United States as early as 2012.

Shock has been adapted and re-scripted several times since it started out. Name and cast variations never did anything to lessen the popularity of the show. While the basic story is always the same, the character storylines change with the cast. All versions have been performed at the Imperial Garden Theater in Tokyo.

Shock (troupe)

Shock is a music/mime/dance/pop group that was notable in the early 1980s for supporting English new wave groups such as Gary Numan, Adam and the Ants, Depeche Mode and Famous Names, led by Steve Fairnie.

In 1979, mime artists Tim Dry and Barbie Wilde united with dancers Robert Pereno, LA Richards and Karen Sparks to produce Shock. In April 1980, they recruited another mime, Sean Crawford. The line-up changed again with the departure of Karen and the introduction of Carole Caplin.

Based in London, England, Shock performed in clubs such as The Haçienda, The Warehouse (Leeds) and The Blitz Club (home of the Blitz Kids) and The Venue (London). With costumes from Kahn & Bell (designers for Duran Duran), miming to music by Fad Gadget, Landscape, Kate Bush and Wilson Pickett, they were in the vanguard of the New Romantic cult of the early 1980s, alongside Boy George, Duran Duran, Steve Strange and Spandau Ballet.

Their first record "Angel Face" on RCA Records - with production by Rusty Egan ( Visage) and Richard James Burgess ( Landscape) - was a dance floor hit, as was the second "Dynamo Beat". In 1981, Shock co-starred with Ultravox at the 'People's Palace Valentine's Ball' at the Rainbow Theatre. LA, Barbie and Carole appeared in the video for Landscape's "Einstein A Go-Go". Sean and Barbie starred in the video for Ultravox's " Passing Strangers".

Shock went on to perform at the The Ritz rock club in Manhattan and toured Europe and the Far East. Their biggest live concerts were in April 1981 with Gary Numan at Wembley Arena.

Shock eventually broke up and reformed as a foursome with Barbie, Tim, Sean and Carole and released the single, "Dynamo Beat", on RCA Records. However, soon Tim and Sean as Tik and Tok broke away to form their own double act. Barbie went back to acting and TV presenting. Carole went on to become a lifestyle advisor to Cherie Blair.

Shock (fluid dynamics)

Shock is an abrupt discontinuity in the flow field. It occurs in flows when the local flow speed exceeds the local sound speed. More specifically, it is a flow whose Mach number exceeds 1.

Shock (medicine)
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Shock (1977 film)

Shock (original title: Schock) is a 1977 Italian horror film directed by Mario Bava. It was Bava's last theatrical feature before he died of a heart attack in 1980. The film stars Daria Nicolodi, John Steiner and David Colin, Jr.

Shock (Unmei)

is Meisa Kuroki's first single, released on July 22, 2009. It was being used in Kirin's Cola Shock commercial, starring Kuroki herself.

Shock (Beast song)

"Shock" is a song by the South Korean boy group Beast. It's the first single from their second EP " Shock of the New Era" which was released on March 1, 2010 along with the EP. The song introduced a new genre called Rocktronic, which is a combination of rock and electronic music.

A Japanese version was released on March 16, 2011 which serves as their debut single in Japan. It ranked #2 in the Oricon daily and weekly chart with 28,532 copies sold in the first week, beating the debut single of Big Bang's “My Heaven” at no. 3 in 2009.

Shock (album)

Shock is the fifth studio album by new wave band The Motels. It was recorded during 1984 and 1985, and released in August 1985. It sold approximately 400,000 copies in the United States.

Singles released from this album include the American Top 30 hit, "Shame," and its follow-up, "Shock", as well as an Australia-only release, "Icy Red", that did not chart. "Shame" reached No. 21 on Billboard's Hot 100 listing. Both songs were aided by popular music videos.

Shock (comics)

Shock aka Ariel Tremmore is a fictional character, and a supervillain in the Marvel Comics universe. A psychopathic killer, she fought with Daredevil in his side of New York City.

As Shock, Ariel possesses the power to induce fear and hallucinations in other people by releasing pheromones through her skin.

Shock (Fear Factory song)

"Shock" is a song by American heavy metal band Fear Factory. It was the lead single from their 1998 album Obsolete and the first track on the album. Its music was composed by guitarist Dino Cazares and drummer Raymond Herrera. The lyrics were written by vocalist Burton C. Bell. The introduction of a concept album, "Shock" introduces its protagonist, a political prisoner known only as Edgecrusher, who declares his personal mission to destroy the totalitarian society in which he lives.

The song was featured in the TV series Angel from season 2 episode 10 "Reunion".

It peaked at No. 16 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart and No. 38 on Modern Rock Tracks.

Shock (journal)

Shock: Injury, Inflammation, and Sepsis: Laboratory and Clinical Approaches is the official journal of the Shock Society, the European Shock Society, the Indonesian Shock Society, the International Federation of Shock Societies, and the Official and International Journal of the Japan Shock Society. The journal publishes scholarly research reports on basic and clinical studies of shock, trauma, sepsis, inflammation, ischemia, and related pathobiological states, with particular emphasis on the biologic mechanisms that determine the response to such injury. This scholarly journal has both print and online version. The journal has an impact factor of 3.203 and publishes 12 issues per year.

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Usage examples of "shock".

It was not at the agonized contortions and posturing of the wretched boy that he was shocked, but at the cosmic obscenity of these beings which could drag to light the abysmal secrets that sleep in the unfathomed darkness of the human soul, and find pleasure in the brazen flaunting of such things as should not be hinted at, even in restless nightmares.

Caroline and Amelia had been shocked when James brought her home, riding before him on his horse with Acorn trailing behind.

His adorable expression of stress framed by a shock of chestnut hair made her heart flutter.

It was with a sudden shock that the boy realized he was adrift in space.

The moment the Dark sensed she had told you, they must have come rushing, sending the afanc to shock you into giving up what she had said.

I spoke in what I thought was an undertone, but Alake must have heard me, because she looked shocked and frowned at me in reproof.

If he meant to survive in Alb, and he did, then he must suppress the rage, the shock, and the sickness that was moving in his belly.

As you can imagine, I was shocked when I first read his messages to North Dakota about an unbreakable algorithm called Digital Fortress.

A moment later, while yet the shock wave of the first blast raced outward, and the fuselage of the aircraft followed suit, its aluminite body burning like a petrol-soaked rag in the incredible heat.

When a bold hunch leads them from a wild murder investigation to a red-hot love affair, Amaryllis is shocked, Lucas is delighted-- and no power on heaven, earth or St.

This was too much, the mere idea of using violence has always shocked me, and I am still of opinion that the only pleasure in the amorous embrace springs from perfect union and agreement.

It conjured up a society so encrusted with anachronisms that only a shock of great violence could free the living organism within.

The Warming had absorbed all our energies, and the great shock of the Happy Anniversary flash-bombing in 2033 had jolted us even more.

Father Roubier is shocked by my apologia for my own blatant truthfulness.

I have been on the telephone and I have talked extensively with his attorney from Memphis on the charge, who was shocked and appalled that Mr.